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3U Rackmount RAID Array (PCIe x8)

PCI Express-based SATA/SAS storage system supports up to twelve 3-1/2" drives in 3U enclosure.

Form Factor: 3U
Part Number: OSS-PCIe-3U-RAID-12-x8

Product Features

  • Supports up to twelve 3-1/2" SATA or SAS drives.
  • Two to ten times the bandwidth of fiber channel interfaces
  • Includes PCIe x8 Host Cable Adapter, PCIe x8 cable
  • Drives and RAID board integrated and configured upon request
  • 12-Port SAS RAID Controller

Simply install the PCIe adapter board into the PCIe slot of a motherboard or backplane and get data transfers from your processor to the drive array at speeds up to 10Gbps.
This allows drives to operate at highest performance, unrestricted by slower bus speeds. The enclosure is equipped with hot-swap drive cannisters with power-off and locking mechanisms and RAID functionality. Drives can be integrated and configured upon request.

Specifications

Mechanical
  • Construction: Heavy duty 1.2mm steel, meets FCC/CE
  • Dimensions (W x D x H): 3U rack height, 19" x 18.5" x 5.25" (483mm x 470mm x 134mm)
  • Weight: 33 lb / 15 kg (without drives)
    Drive Bays: 12 hot-swappable drive bays
  • External Interface: PCIe x8 cable available in 1m, 2m, 3m, 5m, and 7m lengths.
  • Cooling Fan: Three 70mm fans
  • Switch: Power ON/OFF, alarm silence
  • Indicators: Power (green); data access (yellow)
  • Maximum Storage Capacity: Up to 6TB
  • Data speed: Up to 40Gb/s
Host Interface Board
  • Form Factor: x8 PCI Express short add-in card
  • Redriver: Pericom PI2EQX4401
  • External Interface: x8 PCI Express over cable
  • Front Panel Connector
  • Front Panel EMI Connector Shield
  • Front Panel Indicators: Power On/Cable Present LEDs
  • UL 60950, FCC Class B, CE
RAID Controller

RAID Features

  • RAID level 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6, 30, 50, 60, Single Disk or JBOD
  • Multiple RAID selection
  • Online array roaming
  • Online RAID level/stripe size migration
  • Online capacity expansion and RAID level migration simultaneously
  • Online volume set growth
  • Instant availability and background initialization
  • Automatic drive insertion / removal detection and rebuilding
  • Greater than 2TB per volume set (64-bit LBA support)
  • Disk scrubbing/array verify scheduling for automatic repair of all configured RAID sets
  • Support spin down drives when not in use (MAID)
  • Support NTP protocol synchronize RAID controller clock over the on board Ethernet port

Disk Bus Interface

  • Up to (128) SAS or 3 SATA II drives using SAS expanders
  • Up to 3Gb/s per port

Monitors/Indicators

  • System status indication through global HDD activity/fault connector, individual fault connector, LCD/I2C connector and alarm buzzer
  • SMTP support for email notification
  • SNMP support for remote manager
  • Enclosure management (SES2,SMP and SGPIO) ready

Operating System

  • Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista
  • Linux
  • FreeBSD
  • Novell Netware 6.5
  • Solaris 10 x86/x86_64
  • SCO Unixware 7.x.x
  • Mac OS X 10.x (EFI BIOS Support)

 

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